Indiana House bill would bolster Hoosier homegrown products

6:01 PM,
Jan. 16, 2014

Farmer Dick Lambert of Fredricksburg discusses squash with New Albany's Hung Nguyen at the weekly Farmers Market in downtown New Albany. (By Jenna Esarey, Special to the Courier-Journal) September 4, 2010.

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Ryanne Wise
| TheStatehouseFile.com

Restaurateurs and farmers are calling for Hoosiers to "shake the hand of the hand that feeds them" by helping them promote their products.

House Bill 1039 - approved unanimously Thursday by the Agriculture and Rural Development committee - is meant to bolster a program that brands Indiana-grown produce and meat.

The initiative, called Indiana Grown, was developed in 2012 and assigned to the economic development team at the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. The program has less than 20 applicants so far, but House Bill 1039 would take the idea and help it grow into a possible ...